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• 1 Arun Pillai Oct 1, 2007 at 10:38 am

  Thanks for sharing them. Though am not aware of these gestures and in fact bharatanatyam itself, i appreciate this art to the core. Unlike the common modernized ones which everyone get to see in movies and channels, this has a class of it own. Amen to this art form and the people who carry it forward.

• 2 radha May 27, 2008 at 4:56 pm

  Hi, i wonder if u could post a movie on the uses of the hastas viniyoga along with the sloka. i liked all those instructional adavus by various artistes, maybe u could do it for the theory?

• 3 Sheela Oct 17, 2008 at 8:53 am

  How do you show month using pathaaka?..I mean what is the position the hasta is to be held to depict “month” ?…could you please let me know…thanks

• 4 Anjali Oct 20, 2008 at 9:00 am

  There are various interpretations to it. I hold the Pataka hasta close to the right shoulder for a month, the inner palm facing the left side.

• 5 shreeya satwe Oct 2, 2009 at 8:49 am

  i am living in pune and i am having class of bharatnatyam i love it my teacher is vaishali parasnis sucheta chaphekar great student my 2 year is going on &i am still 11 years old but i like western dances also not kathak in our school there is kathak but i dont keep attention because i dont like kathak i just hate western &bharatnatyam till now i have studied till natadav 7 my class is on sat & sun

• 6 Bea Apr 12, 2010 at 10:33 am

  Anjali,
  I would love it if you were able to put up pictures or even better a video of the uses of pataka.

  Thanks
  B

• 7 rajani May 15, 2010 at 7:32 am

  Anjali, your website and dancing lessons are so nice. I need some help for Pataka hand gesture series, like natyarambhe, varivahe, vane–I need actions of these, can you help me where could I get?

• 8 Anjali May 16, 2010 at 5:42 am

  @rajini:The site will be updated with these information soon. meanwhile you can refer Cd’s on hasta abhinayam called “bharatanatyam percepts and practice”available in the market.

• 9 kousalya Sep 8, 2010 at 5:34 am

  Your website is very nice

• 10 Kavya Sharma Sep 18, 2010 at 8:43 pm

  Nice information shared. I’ve also been learning bharathanatyam for the past 9 years and I’m enjoying it. It has brought peace to my mind and body. So for all those who feel that classical dance is a bore, try and learn it. You will yourself come to know about the art and its status.
  Thanks.

• 11 Amy Olivia Jan 14, 2011 at 6:28 am

  Anjali, This is very very professional work! Congratulations!

  I registered and logged in for my 8 year old daughter.

  I want to make a contribution,
  financial and in terms of time.

  Thank you and God bless.

• 12 Anjali Jan 14, 2011 at 10:36 am

  Thank you very much Amy!!! and I wish good wishes to your daughter.

• 13 sarmina Feb 5, 2011 at 2:30 pm

  Have you hands mows with FULL ” Viniyogangal ”?

• 14 Navaneethakrishnan May 11, 2011 at 2:23 am

  The pathaka hastha mudra, following part…

  Kavatapatane saptavibhaktyarthe tarange
  Vethepraveshabhavepi samtve chagaragake

  it has to be angararaadhake.

• 15 Anjali May 11, 2011 at 3:46 am

  @Naveetha, thanks for bringing to my notice. And its Angaraagake. (only one ‘ra’.)

• 16 bulbul Jun 22, 2012 at 11:11 am

  hi , can u pls let me know if i can get all the viniyogas sloka in sanskrit version as it is difficult for me to know the right pronounciation in english version.

• 17 umakadam Sep 23, 2012 at 7:49 am

  its fantastic.and thanks for

• 18 shreya Nov 30, 2012 at 9:11 am

  thanks

• 19 Ganga Bhavani Dec 5, 2012 at 8:36 am

  Really nice mam. its very useful to learn. and thank you so much for this.